Cops: Motorcyclist fatally struck by SUV on NW Side

A map of the area where a 28-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a traffic crash in the Belmont Central neighborhood.

A map of the area where a 28-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a traffic crash in the Belmont Central neighborhood. (Google Maps)

William LeeTribune reporter

A motorcyclist from west suburban Stone Park was killed when he was struck by a vehicle on the city's Northwest Side, authorities said this morning.

The victim was riding east in the 6200 block of West Diversey Avenue in the Belmont Central neighborhood at about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday when his motorcycle was sideswiped by a black Infiniti SUV pulling into traffic from a parking lot, according to witnesses and Chicago police.

The victim, Stanislaw Galek, 42, of the 1000 block of North 39th Avenue, was thrown to the ground by the impact and taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

An autopsy is scheduled for later today.

The Infiniti's driver remained at the scene, police said. It wasn't immediately clear whether he was ticketed for the accident.

The collision was being investigated by the police Major Accident Investigation Unit.